Joseph John Windebank (1839 - 1841)

Born 1839 in England

Ancestors

Died 1841 at about age 2 in At Sea; on board Lloyds, en route to New Zealand

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Biography

John Windebank sailed 6 mths before Charlotte in the first ship "Will Watch". Hee was a chainman or linesman in the surveyors' ship.

The voyage was very rough and arrived outside Wellington harbour, Port Nicholson, on 15 Feb 1842 only to find the "Lloyd" which had had good conditions had arrived also but had lost 65 children to sickness & starvation.

The captain & sailors had sold & gambled with the food allowance for the passengers provided by The NZ Shipping Company. (info from the Early NZ books).

Charlotte brought 5 children, William Inwood 11yrs, Elizabeth Inwood 9yrs, Henry Inwood 6yrs, Martha Joan Windebank 3yrs & Joseph John Windebank 2yrs. Martha & joseph died on the voyage.

"Will Watch " went to Blind Bay (Tasman Bay) & returned to later lead "Lloyds" to Nelson where the natives were peaceful.

Families had to stay there after the surveying was done because the surveyors had to come over to Riwaka which was heavily forested & the Riwaka river ran close to the hills, not where it is today & no one could be spared to protect the families. John was allotted land at Pangatotara along the Motueka river.

Birth

Date; 1839

Place; Alton, East Hampshire, Hampshire, England

Death

Date; 1841

Place; aboard ship Lloyd's on route England to New Zealand

Sources

• WikiTree profile Windebank-15 created through the import of Family Tree March 2011.ged on Jan 11, 2012 by Lorraine MacKenzie. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Lorraine and others.

• Shipping Information view record; Nelson Museum, New Zealand

• Find A Grave: Memorial #187858411